R.A. v. Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare

OPINION

Justice BAER.

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare (DPW) and the Wyoming County Human Services (Wyoming Co. CYS)1 appeal the order of the Commonwealth Court reversing DPWs Bureau of Hearings and Appeals’ order refusing to expunge an indicated report of child sexual abuse relating to a father’s alleged abuse of his four-year-old daughter. The questions presented by this case involve the admissibility of a videotape of the daughter’s allegations under *372the relevant hearsay exception for child victims and, if admissible, whether that videotape constitutes the…